ISMET ARICI

About ISMET ARICI

İsmet Arıcı, born in 1961, has an academic career in the field of music education in Turkey and is also known as an arranger and performer. Arıcı, who has been working as an academician at Marmara University since 1993, has published many national and international academic publications.
The artist, who is interested in folk and world music as well as Rock and Blues, has given concerts in countries such as Denmark, Norway, Portugal and Greece, as well as Turkey, since the 90s.
İsmet Arıcı's music has a deep and personal expression, enriched by his academic background and targeting emotional and cognitive interaction. His musical works have a structure that can affect listeners both technically and emotionally, intertwining romanticism and dynamism.
He has been created a different interpretation by synthesizing Anatolian and rock-blues-jazz-folk modes in his songs and original compositions.